Tracking Trump's day: May 12, 2017

Friday

May 12, 2017 at 11:57 AMMay 12, 2017 at 11:57 AM

The latest happenings of President Donald Trump.

Staff and wire reports

Trump lawyers dissues review of president's taxes: President Donald Trump's lawyers say a review of his last 10 years of tax returns do not reflect "any income of any type from Russian sources," with some exceptions.

The lawyers did not release copies of Trump's tax returns. The letter says there is no equity investment by Russians in entities controlled by Trump or debt owed by Trump to Russian lenders.

A warning to former FBI director: President Donald Trump is warning that former FBI Director James Comey "better hope" that there are no "tapes" of their conversations. Trump tweeted Friday, "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!"

In the termination letter to Comey, Trump thanked him for telling the president "three times" that he personally is not under investigation for collusion with Russia during his 2016 campaign.

Trump reiterates no collusion with Russians: Trump is reiterating his view that reports about collusion with the Russian government by members of his 2016 campaign are "fabricated."

The president tweeted early Friday that "Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election."

No more White House press briefings?: Trump says his busy schedule makes it "not possible" for his staff to speak at the podium with "perfect accuracy."

Trump on Friday defended the struggle by his administration to come up with a consistent timeline and rationale for the abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey this week.

He tweeted, "Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future 'press briefings' and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???"